In an interesting twist on e-book lending that’s sure to rile competitors, Amazon has launched the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, which allows Amazon Prime members to check out up to one e-book a month for free with no due date. Amazon didn’t put an exact figure on the number of books that will be part …
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As we reported last week, rumor had it Barnes & Noble would be launching its next-generation, Android-powered Nook Color tablet e-reader on November 7. Now it’s become official, with Barnes & Noble sending out invites to the media for an event that morning in New York. While the invite doesn’t refer to a specific device, it’s a pretty safe bet …
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With rumors flying that Barnes & Noble will soon be unveiling its next-generation Nook Color, we’ve been waiting to get word on just when the new device will hit. Well, according to The Digital Reader Blog, that day will be November 7–or so its sources say. We’ll soon see what Barnes & Noble has up its sleeve and whether the …
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For those of you keeping an eye on Apple AirPlay-compatible products, Logitech is on the verge of releasing its first AirPlay speaker. It’s simply called the Logitech Air Speaker and a photo of it with limited information has appeared on Amazon’s U.K. site. Dave Zatz, who posted a story about the upcoming product on zatznotfunny.com, notes that the Air Speaker, …
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You may not have been happy when Apple released the iPhone 4S instead of an iPhone 5, but a lot of case makers were. That’s because at first glance their existing iPhone 4 cases seemed to work just fine with the new model, which meant that they didn’t have to scramble to create new designs and had a ready supply …
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Kobo has started shipping its new color-screen Android-based e-reader, the Vox, which is similar to both the Nook Color and Kindle Fire. While specs for the device were leaked on a Canadian site prior to the Vox’s unveiling, Kobo made a big change before launch: it dropped the price from $249 to $199 to match the Kindle Fire’s price. Now …
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Just a few months after Roku introduced a $59.99 entry-level streaming video player, the company has lowered the bar further with a new $49.99 player, the Roku LT. That’s half of the price of an Apple TV, which retails for $99.99. The new player offers the same 720p high-definition video and built-in wireless of the $59.99 Roku 2 HD but …
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While many of the iPhone 4 cases fit the 4S, case manufacturers are seeing the arrival of the 4S as a good opportunity to introduce new designs. WaterField Designs, which is known for its high-quality sleeves for laptops and iPads, has just released a leather wallet that also does double-duty as an iPhone case. It’s simply called the iPhone Wallet …
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There’s some good news for those of you who are considering buying one of the new “subsidized” Kindles With Special Offers but are worried the ads might be too irritating: you can easily upgrade to the ad-free Kindle if you don’t like it. That’s right, once you buy a Special Offers version, you can easily shut off the ads by …
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They have names like “Bent Over,” “Double Teamed,” “Bedded by the Boss,” and “Hot Daddy Cop.” They’re all part of a bawdier form of romance writing that’s generally referred as erotica or erotic romance, and they’re all in the Amazon Kindle catalog as well as Barnes & Noble’s Nook catalog. Needless to say, most of the books feature scantily clad …
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